President Zuma sent his representatives Charles Nqakula, Mac Maharaj and Lindiwe Zulu to Harare on Sunday to help restart the talks which were suspended two weeks ago amid fears of a complete breakdown as the parties took hard-line positions.
Botswana had been seeking a diplomatic solution to the issue since three weeks ago when the rangers were arrested, but had been “rebuffed” by Zimbabwean authorities, according to Botswana’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Gladys Kokorwe.
Although the body's purpose was to help liberate those countries that remained under colonial or apartheid rule, there were those who hoped the OAU would pursue a more ambitious goal of creating a United States of Africa.
Zimbojam. wenty-two-year-old Zambian model, Lukundo Nalungwe, was on Saturday night crowned the M-Net Face of Africa 2010 at a glittering event held at the Eko Hotel Exhibition Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
Business Reporter BULAWAYO has registered a significant increase in cases of commercial tenants failing to pay rentals on time, the secretary of the Commercial Rent Board, Mr Mandla Sibindi, has said.
Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Farmers Union is in the process of engaging professional auditors to check the union’s accounting systems at local levels to ensure accountability of the organisation’s assets, an official has said.
The EU’s council of ministers meets on 16 February to decide on the matter and authoritative diplomatic sources say it is now most likely that some names would be struck off the sanctions list as a compromise among the differing EU countries.
Standing behind is first run-up Miss Rumbie Chipato also from Zimbabwe. The magnificent episode, last Saturday night in Coventry, also attracted several Zimbabwean celebrities -due to its touch of class.
Sanctions: Should they be lifted? Zimbabweans speak BROADCAST: 05 February 2010 VIOLET GONDA: Sanctions: Should they be lifted? In this week’s Hot Seat Programme, I ask a number of Zimbabweans from various walks of life, what they think about this issue.
Classrooms at Maodzwa have no roofs after the local community helped raise funds to build the school, but building work was suspended at roof level when funds ran out, forcing the authorities to conduct school lessons under roofless classrooms.
According to reports there were only limited services being offered at government hospitals in Harare while the trial of senior MDC official Roy Bennett had to be postponed with court staff also on strike.
It’s understood that Mines Minister Obert Mpofu on Thursday tried to stop the diamonds being transported to the central bank, by producing a letter from the registrar of the Supreme Court, Nomonde Mazabane.
Bulawayo soccer giants, Highlanders(Bosso) who are saddled with debts only managed to raise US$10 from the more than 200 members who attended the club’s annual general meeting in the city at the weekend.Bosso chairman Themba Ndlela confirmed the development but took a swipe at the club members for failing to donate at a time when the country’s oldest club is mired in a debt of a staggering US$144 000.
In this week’s Hot Seat Programme, I ask a number of Zimbabweans from various walks of life, what they think about this issue. ZANU PF has warned there will be no more GPA concessions until the sanctions imposed by Western countries are removed.
Zimbabwe police have reportedly removed a 29 kilogram parcel of diamonds, which has since disappeared, from the country’s Central Bank at the controversial orders of Mines Minister Obert Mpofu, reports the South African Press Agency.
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Ghana lost to Egypt 0 - 1 on 31 Jan 10 2010
Nigeria beat Algeria 1 - 0 on 30 Jan 10 2010
Algeria lost to Egypt 0 - 4 on 28 Jan 10 2010
Ghana beat Nigeria 1 - 0 on 28 Jan 10 2010
Egypt beat Cameroon 3 - 1 on 25 Jan 10 2010
Ivory Coast lost to Algeria 2 - 3 on 24 Jan 10 2010
Angola lost to Ghana 0 - 1 on 24 Jan 10 2010
Cameroon drew with Tunisia 2 - 2 on 21 Jan 10 2010
Gabon lost to Zambia 1 - 2 on 21 Jan 10 2010
Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank Governor, Gideon Gono (above), is still operating pretty much as though he were the de facto Prime Minister he was before the formation of the coalition Government between Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe civil servants attend a rally in Harare on Thursday to press home their demand for decent wages. On Friday, Government was effectively brought to a standstill as the civil servants announced a strike action which will go on indefinitely.
Zimbabwe has refused to release them and, as a result, the Botswana government has recalled its top Defence and Intelligence attaches from Harare, demanding that Zimbabwe does the same before the end of this month.
Mugabe, who turns 86 this month, keeps a crack team of security officials from Zimbabwe's secret service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), who were assigned to keep him safe during his official visit to Switzerland, Italy and Denmark.
The incident is the latest turn in the long-running legal dispute between British-registered mining company African Consolidated Resources and the country's mines minister, Obert Mpofu, over the ownership of Chiadzwa claims in eastern Zimbabwe.
Nyamuramba said he longed for the opportunity to finally meet Zuma. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - A 30-year-old Zimbabwean man from Wedza claims to be the love child of South African embattled President Jacob Zuma.
It is not the responsibility of Morgan Tsvangirai; it is the responsibility of the inclusive government as stated in the GPA,” Moyo told scribes at the Gweru press Club. “...
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday urged the unity government partners in Harare to set aside their political differences and focus on a strategy
By Nelson Banya State workers went on strike on Friday to press for a five-fold wage hike, a move that could cripple public services and hamper the
Considerable ground has reportedly been covered and the process, which started a few years back, could be completed soon to transform the ZSE from a society to a privately owned company.
...MDC-T MPs, leading to the House's premature adjournment. Yesterday, MDC-T representatives again attempted to disrupt Cde Bhasikiti while he read his notice and his voice was at one point drowned by the noise made by the legislators.
Biti 05 February 2010 Hon. T. Biti THE International Monetary Fund will decide later this month whether to restore Zimbabwe’s voting rights, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.
The Global Political Agreement signed in September 2008 between Zimbabwe's various political rivals, which gave rise to the coalition government in February 2009, includes writing the new constitution expected to be introduced in 2010.
Independent agricultural consultant Mandla Nkomo said that due to poor rainfall during much of the growing season, some 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of maize will have to be imported to cover the deficit.
Harare, Zimbabwe, 05 February 2010 First of all, apologies to Isaac and other avid readers who have fired off emails DEMANDING that I update the blog!!!! (I appreciate your keen interest).
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